September is Sepsis Awareness Month, and MedStar Health in Maryland reports that too many still don't know about it and its symptoms. Nearly half of adults either have no idea what sepsis is or have ...
When most people think of dreaded diseases or conditions, cancer, heart disease or dementia usually top the list. But far fewer realize there’s a silent killer claiming hundreds of thousands of lives ...
In the years since the Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion and since Texas instituted one of the country’s strictest abortion bans, the state has seen an increased rate of sepsis among ...
In sepsis, an impaired immune response to infection can lead to organ dysfunction and death. Targeted treatments to improve outcomes are needed. A new study in Science Translational Medicine reports ...
The agency outlined “core elements” needed to detect and treat the condition, a factor in 1.7 million hospitalizations in the U.S. each year. By Emily Baumgaertner On a Wednesday afternoon in 2012, 12 ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — According to the World Health Organization, 1.7 million people in the United States develop sepsis each year. Christina Hornyak, a 32-year-old from Suffolk, is one of those ...